Buying Your First Investment Property
"Begin With The End In Mind"I first heard the phrase "Begin with the end in mind" in a Steven Covey book called "The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People". This expression makes a lot of sense because the fact is, you can't get where you're going, unless you know where you want to go.Most new ... more...

The Key to Real Estate Investing Success Revealed!
How did you get into real estate investing? Did you read a book on it? Was it a seminar? A meeting of some sort with speakers dispensing real estate investing information, but really selling courses? Did you get really, really jazzed and pumped up by these simple ("not easy") concepts that were ... more...

Real Estate Professional in the Palm of Your Hand
GETTING THE MOST FOR THE LEASE-TRACKING YOUR REAL ESTATEIf you own rentals and/or investment properties, you know that you have to keep track of your portfolio, maintenance profiles, property managers, and related financial matters. There are a multitude of programs for the Palm-Pilot system to ... more...

Increase Sales With Travel Incentives
Todays business environment has changed dramatically over the past 10 years, it can be a tough task to make a sale. Just being aggressive doesn't cut it any longer. Sales skills alone aren't enough to compete when so many new products and services become everyday commodities. Consumers nowadays are ... more...

Home Loan Refinancing - Why When And Where?
When considering refinancing your home there are a number of important questions homeowners need to answer. Why refinance a home loan? Is this a good time to refinance? Where should you go to refinance your home loan? Why refinance a home loan? If your able to make your current mortgage payment ... more...

WhereTo Get Money For A Franchise Idea
How often have you thumbed through a business opportunity magazine, noticed a franchise opportunity advertisement, and felt you'd really like to get in on that...if only you had the money? If you're like most who are seeking greater opportunity and wealth, this probably happens with you more often ... more...

Motivated by Oprah's Debt Diet?
Friday, February 17, 2006 marked the first of a multi-part series for The Oprah Winfrey Show, where Oprah challenged Americans to get out of debt. Oprah teamed up with three of the nations top financial experts to create a step-by-step action plan to show her viewers how to get out of debt. Oprah ... more...

A Primer on Life Insurance for Mothers
One of my client's wives paid me a visit to ask about life insurance, a product I was well acquainted with. She told me that she and her husband were visited last night by a life insurance agent. "Jan, what did he try to sell you?""A $90,000 whole life policy with an annual premium of $500. Is ... more...

Budgeting Made Easy
Well, dang! From what Ive heard and read, it looks like weve reached an all-time world-class new record in the amount of personal debt on the books. Now its probably not quite as bad as weve been led to believe, however many of us have managed to tromp further than we should have into the ... more...